Horror Channel FrightFest celebrates it's 18th year with a return to Leicester Square, in the heart of London's West End. One lucky winner will bag a pair of Full weekend passes for the festival and we’ll put you up in a London Hotel.

Heading to Horror Channel FrightFest 2017? Horror Channel Manager Stewart Bridle lists some of the fearful flicks to catch. Here's the second lot of five recommendations from his list.

ATTACK OF THE ADULT BABIES
With one of the most interesting titles of the festival this year and an intriguing premise to match this promises to be a lot of fun. Featuring fat men in nappies being tended to by nurses in suspenders on the surface but delving deeper into themes of hypocrisy and moral corruption from those who control society all wrapped up in scenes that are promised to make even seasoned gore-hounds reach for the sick bags (tales from the Glasgow showing of preview footage mentioned the invention of a 'shit-cannon' for some effects work). ... »

The term 'Folk Horror' has become widely used in Horror academia to describe usually British films that dabble in all things pagan and witchy. With a strong connection to our pagan routes, 'Folk Horror' was popularised by countless Hammer Horror and Tigon films in the '60s and '70s with The Witches (1966), Witchfinder General (1968), and The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), although arguably the most iconic of the sub-genre is The Wicker Man made in 1973, which is now a beacon of worship in its own right!

With the death of hippie culture there was a hiatus within the subgenre in the '80s and '90s, however there has since seen a resurgence, specifically with the critically acclaimed The Witch in 2015; a dark, foreboding tale of paranoia and occult pract... »

88 Films will unleash Lucio Fulci's most macabre and underrated blood-operas, Touch Of Death (1988) on August 7th, the latest addition to their now legendary Italian Collection.

Making its British bow in full HD, with a stunning new restoration for Blu-ray, Touch Of Death has been tragically underseen even though it rates right up there with Fulci's most fiendish splatter epics.

Starring the iconic B-movie maverick Brett Halsey (Return Of The Fly) and Euro-schlock veteran Al Cliver (The Devil Hunter), this fast-paced, plasma-drenched sickie tells of a cannibalistic killer who seems to be surrounded by an increasingly large amount of bizarre personalities.

Of course, this factor does not exactly help his sanity and as the bodies pi... »

To celebrate Horror Channel FrightFest 2017, taking place in London during the August Bank Holiday, we are dedicating thirteen nights to past festival favourites. The double bills are on Horror every night from August 18th - 30th starting from 9pm, and feature six UK TV premieres as well as FrightFest crowd-pleasing classics.